[Book Cover Gallery] Happy New Year! Here are January’s Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Releases
Here’s the latest of our monthly roundups: The science fiction, fantasy and horror books for books releasing in January 2016.
Which ones are you most looking forward to reading?
- The Curse in the Gift (The Last Whisper of the Gods Book 2) by James Berardinelli
- Indexing: Reflections (Indexing Series) by Seanan McGuire (47North)
- Keep Mars Weird by Neal Pollack (47North)
- Falcone Strike (Angel in the Whirlwind) by Nuttall; Christopher (47North)
- Destroyer (Rewinder Series) by Brett Battles (47North)
- A Painted Goddess (A Fire Beneath the Skin Book 3) by Victor Gischler (47North)
- Coral Bones (Monstrous Little Voices Book 1) by Foz Meadows (Abaddon Books)
- The Course of True Love (Monstrous Little Voices Book 2) by Kate Heartfield (Abaddon Books)
- Judge Dredd Year Two: The Righteous Man by Michael Carroll (Abaddon Books)
- The Brimstone Deception: A SPI Files Novel by Lisa Shearin (Ace)
- Graveyard: The Mutant Files by William C. Dietz (Ace)
- The Last Dream Keeper: An Echo Park Coven Novel by Amber Benson (Ace)
- Zombie Tramp Vs. Vampblade by Jason Martin (Action Lab Entertainment)
- Steal the Sky: The Scorched Continent Book One by Megan E. O’Keefe (Angry Robot)
- Drake (The Burned Man) by Peter McLean (Angry Robot)
- Best of Apex Magazine by Jason Sizemore & Lesley Conner (Editors) (Apex Publications)
- Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket by Justin Richards (BBC Books)
- Munchkin Vol. 1 by Thomas Siddell (BOOM! Box)
- 1635: A Parcel of Rogues (The Ring of Fire) by Eric Flint (Baen)
- Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
- Unforgettable by Eric James Stone (Baen)
- Worst Contact by Hank Davis (Editor) (Baen)
- Dark Victory: A Novel of the Alien Resistance by Brendan DuBois (Baen)
- The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
- Torchwood – 1.3 Forgotten Lives by Emma Reeves (Big Finish Productions Ltd)
- Jago & Litefoot & Strax 1 – The Haunting by Justin Richards (Big Finish Productions Ltd)
- The Mummy’s Mask: The Slave Trenches of Hakotep (Pathfinder Legends) by Mark Wright (Big Finish Productions Ltd)
- The Mummy’s Mask: Secret of the Sphinx (Pathfinder Legends) by Mark Wright (Big Finish Productions Ltd)
- Doctor Who Main Range 208 – The Waters of Amsterdam by Jonathan Morris (Big Finish Productions Ltd)
- The Early Adventures: The Isos Network (Doctor Who) by Nicholas Briggs (Big Finish Productions Ltd)
- The Fourth Doctor Adventures 5.1: Wave of Destruction (Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures) by Justin Richards (Big Finish Productions Ltd)
- Chains and Memory (Wilders Book 2) by Marie Brennan (Book View Cafe)
- Immortal Peace by Tyler S. Harris (BookBaby)
- Inversion Point (Chaos Station) by Kelly Jensen (Carina Press)
- Chasing Midnight by Courtney King Walker (Cedar Fort, Inc.)
- Dark Crusade by Karl Edward Wagner (Centipede Press)
- James Patrick Kelly Masters of Science Fiction by James Patrick Kelly (Centipede Press)
- Singularity by Melanie Tem (Centipede Press)
- Inhuman #6 by Allen Koszowski (Editor) (Centipede Press)
- The House of War and Witness by Mike Carey (ChiZine Publications)
- Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing by Sandra Kasturi & Jerome Stueart (Editors) (ChiZine Publications)
- A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)
- Visions Through a Glass, Darkly by David I. Aboulafia (Cosmic Egg Books)
- Starbound: Volume Two of the Lightship Chronicles by Dave Bara (DAW)
- Haffling (The Haffling Book 1) by Caleb James (DSP Publications)
- Song of Kai (Book 2.5) (The Nightfall Chronicles) by Karpov Kinrade (Daring Books)
- Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles) by Kevin Hearne (Del Rey)
- This Census-Taker by China Miéville (Del Rey)
- Feverborn: A Fever Novel by Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte Press)
- Traveler (Seeker) by Arwen Elys Dayton (Delacorte Press)
- The Zodiac Legacy: The Dragon’s Return by Stan Lee (Disney Press)
- Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (Disney-Hyperion)
- The Killing Jar by Jennifer Bosworth (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR))
- Teen Frankenstein: High School Horror by Chandler Baker (Feiwel & Friends)
- Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art by (Flesk Publications)
- Imagery from the Bird’s Home: The Art of Bill Carman by Bill Carman (Flesk Publications)
- Only the Stones Survive: A novel by Morgan Llywelyn (Forge Books)
- Burn (Stray) by Elissa Sussman (Greenwillow Books)
- Assassin’s Masque (Palace of Spies) by Sarah Zettel (HMH Books for Young Readers)
- Sphere: A Novel by Michael Crichton (Harper Paperbacks)
- Eaters of the Dead: A Novel by Michael Crichton (Harper Paperbacks)
- Funeral Games: Far Stars Book Three (Far Star Trilogy) by Jay Allan (Harper Voyager)
- Daughter of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three by Helen Lowe (Harper Voyager)
- Goldenfire (The Darkhaven Novels, Book 2) by A. F. E. Smith (Harper Voyager)
- Three Promises: An American Faerie Tale Collection by Bishop O’Connell (Harper Voyager Impulse)
- Convergence Point: A Time & Shadows Mystery by Liana Brooks (Harper Voyager Impulse)
- 7 Sykos by Marsheila Rockwell (Harper Voyager Impulse)
- The Rogue Retrieval by Dan Koboldt (Harper Voyager Impulse)
- Made for You by Melissa Marr (HarperCollins)
- Darkest Night (Department 19, Book 5) (Department Nineteen) by Will Hill (HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks)
- The Siren by Kiera Cass (HarperTeen)
- Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillan (HarperTeen)
- The Capture (Prey Trilogy) by Tom Isbell (HarperTeen)
- Cruel Crown (Red Queen Novella) by Victoria Aveyard (HarperTeen)
- Unleashed (Uninvited) by Sophie Jordan (HarperTeen)
- Beware the Wild by Natalie C. Parker (HarperTeen)
- City 1 (Revolution 19) by Gregg Rosenblum (HarperTeen)
- The Prey (Prey Trilogy) by Tom Isbell (HarperTeen)
- A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas (HarperTeen)
- Steel Scars (Red Queen Novella) by Victoria Aveyard (HarperTeen)
- Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Omnibus by Ed Greenwood (IDW Publishing)
- Path of Gods: The Valhalla Saga: Book 3 by Snorri Kristjansson (Jo Fletcher Books)
- Spider Game (GhostWalker Novel, A) by Christine Feehan (Jove)
- Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace (Katherine Tegen Books)
- The Isle by Jordana Frankel (Katherine Tegen Books)
- Forget Yourself by Redfern Jon Barrett (Lethe Press)
- Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997: Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake: Library of America #273 (The Library of America) by Kurt Vonnegut (Library of America)
- Travelers Rest: A Novel by Keith Lee Morris (Little, Brown and Company)
- The Last Stop by Michael H. Burnam (Lodestone Books)
- The Force Awakens (Star Wars) by Alan Dean Foster (LucasBooks)
- Lords of the Sith: Star Wars by Paul S. Kemp (LucasBooks)
- Twilight Fulfilled (Wings in the Night) by Maggie Shayne (MIRA)
- The Box of Demons by Daniel Whelan (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- The Blue Woods (Twin Willows Trilogy) by Nicole Maggi (Medallion Press)
- The Deep Sea Diver’s Syndrome by Serge Brussolo (Melville House)
- The Covenant: A Mystery (Jackie Lyons Mystery) by Jeff Crook (Minotaur Books)
- Night Study (Study Series) by Maria V. Snyder (Mira)
- Hitler Is Alive!: Guaranteed True Stories Reported by the National Police Gazette by (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road)
- A Ghoul’s Guide to Love and Murder: A Ghost Hunter Mystery by Victoria Laurie (NAL)
- Digital Dreams: A Decade of Science Fiction by Women by Ian Whates (Editor) (NewCon Press)
- The Door to Saturn: The Collected Fantasies, Vol. 2 (The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith) by Clark Ashton Smith (Night Shade Books)
- The Last Weekend: A Novel of Zombies, Booze, and Power Tools by Nick Mamatas (Night Shade Books)
- The Sentinel by Jeffrey Konvitz (Open Road Media)
- The Guardian by Jeffrey Konvitz (Open Road Media)
- Pawn’s Gambit: And Other Stratagems by Timothy Zahn (Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy)
- Roadside Magic (Gallow and Ragged) by Lilith Saintcrow (Orbit)
- Ancestral Machines: A Humanity’s Fire novel by Michael Cobley (Orbit)
- The Two of Swords: Part Twelve by K. J. Parker (Orbit)
- Damnificados: A Novel (Spectacular Fiction) by JJ Amaworo Wilson (PM Press)
- The Sea Watch (Shadows of the Apt) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan)
- Heirs of the Blade (Shadows of the Apt) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan)
- Seal of the Worm (Shadows of the Apt) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan)
- War Master’s Gate (Shadows of the Apt) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan)
- The Air War (Shadows of the Apt) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan)
- The Case of the Fickle Mermaid: A Brothers Grimm Mystery (Brothers Grimm Mysteries) by P. J. Brackston (Pegasus)
- The Blue Line: A Novel by Ingrid Betancourt (Penguin Press)
- The Art of Magic: the Gathering: Zendikar by James Wyatt (Perfect Square)
- The Infection War: The Infection and The Killing Floor by Craig DiLouie (Permuted Platinum)
- Never Let Me: Never Let Me Sleep, Never Let Me Leave, Never Let Me Die (Melissa Allen) by Jennifer Brozek (Permuted Platinum)
- Perry Rhodan Lemuria 4: The First Immortal by Leo Lukas (Perry Rhodan digital)
- Dark Homecoming by William Patterson (Pinnacle)
- Otherworld Secrets: An Anthology (An Otherworld Novel) by Kelley Armstrong (Plume)
- A Pocket Full of Lies (Star Trek: Voyager) by Kirsten Beyer (Pocket Books/Star Trek)
- Thinning the Herd by Adrian Phoenix (Pocket Star)
- The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry (Razorbill)
- Kalahari by Jessica Khoury (Razorbill)
- The Dark Days Club: Book 1 of The Dark Days Club Trilogy (A Lady Helen Novel) by Alison Goodman (Razorbill)
- Merchant of Alyss (Legends of the Realm) by Thomas Locke (Revell)
- The Mammoth Book of Kaiju (Mammoth Books) by Sean Wallace (Editor) (Robinson)
- The Night Voice: A Novel of the Noble Dead by Barb Hendee (Roc)
- First and Last Sorcerer: A Novel of the Noble Dead by Barb Hendee (Roc)
- Midnight Taxi Tango: A Bone Street Rumba Novel by Daniel José Older (Roc)
- House Rules: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel by Chloe Neill (Roc)
- The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez (Rosarium Publishing)
- The Sea Is Ours: Tales from Steampunk Southeast Asia by Jaymee Goh & Joyce Chng (Editors) (Rosarium Publishing)
- Mothership (The Ever-Expanding Universe) by Martin Leicht (Saga Press)
- Desolation by Kristopher Rufty (Samhain Publishing)
- Bait by Elena Hearty (Samhain Publishing)
- Death Do Us Part by JG Faherty (Samhain Publishing, Ltd.)
- The Dream Beings by Aaron J. French (Samhain Publishing, Ltd.)
- Geek Fantasy Novel by Eliot Schrefer (Scholastic Inc.)
- The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond (Scholastic Paperbacks)
- Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Scholastic Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson (Scholastic Press)
- The Gunslinger by Stephen King (Scribner)
- It: A Novel by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Misery: A Novel by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Roadwork by Stephen King (Scribner)
- The Long Walk by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Insomnia by Stephen King (Scribner)
- The Regulators by Stephen King (Scribner)
- The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Thinner by Stephen King (Scribner)
- The Running Man by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Needful Things by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Rose Madder by Stephen King (Scribner)
- It by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Misery by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Firestarter by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Gerald’s Game by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Desperation by Stephen King (Scribner)
- The Dark Half by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Cujo by Stephen King (Scribner)
- Tremontaine: Shadowroot: (Episode 10) by Joel Derfner (Serial Box)
- Tremontaine: Go and Tell the Morning Star: (Episode 11) by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Serial Box)
- A Certain Scientific Accelerator Vol. 2 by Kazuma Kamachi (Seven Seas)
- My Monster Secret Vol. 1 by Eiji Masuda (Seven Seas)
- Merman in My Tub Vol. 2 by Itokichi (Seven Seas)
- They Rise: A Deep Sea Thriller by Hunter Shea (Severed Press)
- City of Light: An Outcast Novel by Keri Arthur (Signet)
- Memoirs of a Stalker by Thomas W. Hodgkinson (Silvertail Books)
- Jani and the Great Pursuit (The Multiplicity Series Book 2) by Eric Brown (Solaris)
- Sanctuary Bay: A Novel by Laura J. Burns (St. Martin’s Griffin)
- The Dirt on Ninth Grave: A Novel (Charley Davidson Series) by Darynda Jones (St. Martin’s Press)
- Driven by Kelley Armstrong (Subterranean)
- Skinner Luce by Patricia Ward (Talos)
- The Sons of Sora: The Earthborn Trilogy Book 3 by Paul Tassi (Talos)
- Arcana: A Historical Fantasy by Jessica Leake (Talos)
- I Am Slaughter (The Beast Arises) by Dan Abnett (The Black Library)
- Ahriman: Unchanged (Warhammer) by John French (The Black Library)
- Courage and Honour (Ultramarines) by Graham McNeill (The Black Library)
- Written in Fire (The Brilliance Trilogy) by Marcus Sakey (Thomas & Mercer)
- Powers: The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim by Brian Michael Bendis (Thomas Dunne Books)
- Game Over (The MindWar Trilogy) by Andrew Klavan (Thomas Nelson)
- Hostage Run (The MindWar Trilogy) by Andrew Klavan (Thomas Nelson)
- Arrow – Vengeance by Oscar Balderrama (Titan Books)
- Broken Hero by Jonathan Wood (Titan Books)
- Alien Omnibus 1 by Steve Perry (Titan Books)
- The Pagan Night: The Long Winter 1 by Tim Akers (Titan Books)
- When Duty Calls (Legion of the Damned) by William C. Dietz (Titan Books Ltd)
- The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn) by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books)
- Doom of the Dragon (Dragonships of Vindras) by Margaret Weis (Tor Books)
- All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Books)
- Finnegan’s Field: A Tor.Com Original by Angela Slatter (Tor Books)
- The Caretakers: A Tor.Com Original by David Nickle (Tor Books)
- First Kill: A Tor.Com Original by Jennifer Fallon (Tor Books)
- The Glass Galago: A Tor.Com Original by A. M. Dellamonica (Tor Books)
- Small Wars: A Tor.Com Original (A Sin du Jour Affair) by Matt Wallace (Tor Books)
- The Maiden Thief: A Tor.Com Original by Melissa Marr (Tor Books)
- Warriors 1 by (Tor Fantasy)
- Warriors 2 (Tor Fantasy) by (Tor Fantasy)
- Warriors 3 by (Tor Fantasy)
- Truthwitch: A Witchlands Novel by Susan Dennard (Tor Teen)
- Lustlocked: A Sin du Jour Affair by Matt Wallace (Tor.com)
- The Drowning Eyes by Emily Foster (Tor.com)
- And Again: A Novel by Jessica Chiarella (Touchstone)
- FWA 1 by by Darin Bradley, Aaron Leis, Misti Morrison (Editors) (Underland Press)
- Ranma 1/2 (2-in-1 Edition), Vol. 12 by Rumiko Takahashi (VIZ Media LLC)
- Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring by Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ Media LLC)
- The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 3 by Aya Shouoto (VIZ Media LLC)
- Twin Star Exorcists, Vol. 3: Onmyoji by Yoshiaki Sukeno (VIZ Media LLC)
- Kannazuki no Miko, Vol. 1 by Kaishaku (VIZ Media: VIZ Select)
- Boo by Neil Smith (Vintage Canada)
- The Illegal: A Novel by Lawrence Hill (W. W. Norton & Company)
- Hunting the Shadows: The Selected Stories of Tanith Lee Volume 2 by Tanith Lee (Wildside Press)
- The Sighting by Patricia Anthony (Wildside Press)
- Medusa’s Web: A Novel by Tim Powers (William Morrow)
- The Cyclops Initiative: A Jim Chapel Mission (Jim Chapel Missions) by David Wellington (William Morrow)
- The Evening Spider: A Novel by Emily Arsenault (William Morrow Paperbacks)
- City of the Saints by D.J. Butler (WordFire Press)
- Xenowealth: A Collection by Tobias S. Buckell (Xenowealth Books)
- The Isolator, Vol. 2 by Reki Kawahara (Yen On)
- Strike the Blood, Vol. 2: From the Warlord’s Empire by Gakuto Mikumo (Yen On)
- PandoraHearts ~Caucus Race~, Vol. 3 by Shinobu Wakamiya (Yen On)
- Kagerou Daze, Vol. 3: The Children Reason by Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) (Yen On)
- Ubel Blatt, Vol. 4 by (Yen Press)
- The Devil Is a Part-Timer, Vol. 4 (manga) (The Devil Is a Part-Timer Manga) by Satoshi Wagahara (Yen Press)
- Accel World, Vol. 6 (manga) (Accel World (manga)) by Reki Kawahara (Yen Press)
- A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 4 (manga) (A Certain Magical Index (manga)) by Kazuma Kamachi (Yen Press)
- Taboo Tattoo, Vol. 1 by Shinjiro (Yen Press)
- Blue Darker Than Black: A Thriller (Blue Gemini) by Mike Jenne (Yucca Publishing)
- Knocking on Heaven’s Door: A Novel by Sharman Apt Russell (Yucca Publishing)
- Clowns: The Unlikely Coulrophobia Remix by Bernie Mojzes & A.C. Wise (Editors) (Unlikely Story)
Fantastic variety of novels and graphic novels on offer in January 2016!! I think my favourite would be the Police Gazette collection!